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Alaska museum, city combine to win auction for gold spike
An Alaska museum and city, with help from donors including the Alaska Railroad, have won the auction for a 14-karat gold ...
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Golden Alaska Railroad spike to return to state
The Anchorage Museum, along with the City of Nenana, bought a special railroad spike at a Christie’s auction for $200,000.
Anchorage Museum among Alaskans combining to win auction for Alaska Railroad’s golden spike
The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in ...
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Anchorage Museum Helps Bring Historic Railroad Spike Home to Alaska
The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, joined forces to bring home the Golden Spike, an iconic piece of railroad ...
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Historic golden spike will return to Alaska
The city of Nenana collaborated with the Anchorage Museum and other private donors to purchase the golden spike at a Christie ...
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Historic golden railroad spike will return to Alaska after Anchorage Museum and Nenana team up for purchase
The total cost of purchasing the 14-karat gold railroad spike at auction, to reclaim a piece of Alaska Railroad history, was ...
Golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction
Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago to mark the completion of the Alaska Railroad ...
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After decades out of public view, the Alaska Railroad golden spike is up for auction. Will it come home?
(Photo provided by Christie's) Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article?